tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83418504589963940932024-03-14T01:14:09.821-06:00Playing with TexturePeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-72521144262789842014-06-10T16:50:00.000-06:002014-06-10T16:50:18.712-06:00MARCH APRIL MAY BOOK 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I started a series of books last June to document plants found in my area of Colorado. Using the eco print process, leaves gathered from my daily walks, my garden and donations from neighbors, I have learned so much about the native and introduced plants of this high desert-foothills region of the Rocky mountains. I created 4 books: Book 1, June JUNE JULY AUGUST; Book 2, SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER; Book 3, DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY; Book 4, MARCH APRIL MAY. The first 2 books show a range of pigment changes as the seasons, as well as the leaf pigments, change. For book 3, I manipulated the colors obtained by using an iron mordant (rusty bits in a vinegar and water solution) and the iron rich spring water of a natural spring in Manitou. Manipulations were also done with the last and most current book. Spring comes late to the Rocky mountains so there was little to print with until well into April so I sprinkled papers with cochineal powder to give them some oomph.</div>
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The pale prints against the white background reminds me of the first bursts of color coming through snow. And the dash of cochineal is the color of my peonies which sadly don't print.</td></tr>
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Plants used for Book 4: Threadleaf Coreopsis, Peach Leaf Willow, Fennel, Norway Maple, Chokecherry, Salvia, Plains Cottonwood, Lanceleaf Cottonwood, Aspen, Silver maple, Crapapple leaf and blossom, Rocky Mountain Juniper, Pansy, Grape Hyacinth, Iris(not sure of what type; a lavender blue color from a dear friend)<br />
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* flags were mordanted with alum; cover papers were unmordantedPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-76976619909288649532014-03-13T12:23:00.002-06:002014-03-13T12:23:55.264-06:00RED CABBAGE SNOW AND ALKALINITY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
In February we had a few days of rapid fire snow storms. I shoveled four days in one week (which is a lot for my part of Colorado). I decided to collect some in pots and buckets, and melted enough for a red cabbage dyeing session. Sounds like a lot of trouble, but it was worth it to me because I wanted to see the difference between it and our tap water which is actually derived from snow in the mountains right above my town. I've always heard that our water is very pure because we are so close to the source. It's not traveling great distances or treated extensively. Unfortunately, I cannot find my swatches from the tap water dye bath so I don't have a photograph, but I can tell you there was very little difference between the tap and the snow, which is what I expected.. Here is a photo of the fabric pieces dyed using melted snow. I tried 3 different kinds of silk and vintage cotton and washed the fabric after dyeing. Lost some color but this is what I was left with. I also left swatches of the snow dye in my light filled sunroom for 2 weeks. Those swatches are on the bottom half of the photo. Not much difference. It will be interesting to see the changes given more time as I already know that red cabbage isn't very lightfast. But depending on how one uses the fabric and how much light it will be exposed to, it can still be a good source of coloring cloth. And as India Flint says, you can always re-dye the cloth.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vUvoSwLBuKodviPINF-LyXeMsVF_yiz_zB7BPUsaVfzOIsJYr3OI71-UFPyvuC-7LgHCLxqDcYlpbQV_tJP94U4uVkbkQUtiAIgvVg9SJy_e5du_pafO1zj-liaL2u3u5_aoVFvm7n4/s1600/5718a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vUvoSwLBuKodviPINF-LyXeMsVF_yiz_zB7BPUsaVfzOIsJYr3OI71-UFPyvuC-7LgHCLxqDcYlpbQV_tJP94U4uVkbkQUtiAIgvVg9SJy_e5du_pafO1zj-liaL2u3u5_aoVFvm7n4/s1600/5718a.jpg" height="320" width="228" /></a></div>
Then I tried water from 2 of the many mineral springs in Manitou. All of spring waters are alkaline in nature and the pigments in red cabbage are very reactive to alkalinity, so I used water from the springs with the lowest alkalinity. Results were striking, as seen in the photo below. Cabbage and water immediately turned this teal green color. Only the vintage cotton mordanted with alum picked up an appreciable amount of pigment. Silks and wool felt picked up little if any pigment. So I am still trying to figure out what happened here. Did the alkalinity and presence of other minerals destroy or make the pigment unavailable? Did the alum help the cotton pickup what little pigment might be available? <br />
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Lots to think about here and I think I really need this book: NATURAL DYES, by Dominique Cardon. It's very expensive but has lots of info on the science of dyeing with natural pigments which is very interesting to me.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-36505863433761924502014-02-21T10:33:00.000-07:002014-02-21T10:33:48.574-07:00PIECES COMING TOGETHER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Vintage linen dyed in indigo during an online class taken 4 years ago.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqi9uKcicX-bJNO8X6kqfTVlSX-hJcgOSrzwPS6PNGG1vFTR0L2zd4BVnBHjuSYX_9g1_9N6KU_9ESirX5_UTI8uq9JsM2DS9sJGA333YDlJsqoT1q-ttGLGVaJHSes9V2V_7eTPYl00/s1600/5674a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqi9uKcicX-bJNO8X6kqfTVlSX-hJcgOSrzwPS6PNGG1vFTR0L2zd4BVnBHjuSYX_9g1_9N6KU_9ESirX5_UTI8uq9JsM2DS9sJGA333YDlJsqoT1q-ttGLGVaJHSes9V2V_7eTPYl00/s1600/5674a.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a></div>
Scrap paper stained with rusty objects.<br />
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Eco printed silk left out in the cold for months.<br />
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Sometimes disparate pieces come together to form a whole. Really needed this life lesson right now .Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-36606162554436272802014-02-13T13:52:00.001-07:002014-02-13T13:52:26.804-07:00GOOD BYE ETSYWith all the changes that Etsy has made in the last year, I have decided to close my shop and join Big Cartel. Etsy isn't about handmade anymore. It's just about money. Making lots of money was never my goal for having an online store. It was just to have an online presence for people to view what I do and purchase if they wanted to. So this is very much an ethical decision rather than a financial one. Big Cartel offers one set fee and none of the hassle of constantly renewing product as well as keeping up on whatever Etsy might decide to change tomorrow. So my new shop address is <a href="http://peggydlugos.bigcartel.com/">http://peggydlugos.bigcartel.com</a> . I'll be adding product over the next several days.<br />
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Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-90291100401274926672014-02-06T13:50:00.001-07:002014-02-06T13:50:05.318-07:00WHEN LESS IS MORE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last Fall I soaked a few cherry branches and stems in some of Manitou Spring's iron rich water*. I soaked some vintage cotton along with the branches and left them to soak for 48 hours. Then I wrapped the branches in the fabric and steamed them and let them to cure for a week. Upon unwrapping I immediately saw this landscape. This is all nature's doing (except for the sketch of the tree on the left.) Click on the image for a larger view.</div>
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My original plan was to "bring out" the landscape with stitch. Define the areas with thread marks to "improve" the scene. After two days of stitching, ripping, stitching, ripping, getting angry, stitching and ripping some more, I remembered my motto for 2013's year of eco-dyeing: Accept the gift which nature has to offer." Don't try to force things; don't ask mother nature to produce something similar to a rubber stamp image. Just look for the magic in what I have, not in what I wish I had. I was so pleased with the scene my eye was seeing in the lines created by the contact of the branches with the fabric and the shapes made by the bleed of the pigments. But then I lost myself in trying to make things too realistic and not trusting that a viewer's brain could also fill in the blanks and imagine the trees, bushes, water, etc. So after more ripping this is what I have now.<br />
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There is still more ripping to do. In the foreground you'll notice a line of white stitching, It's covering up the resist mark made by a stem which gives a nice line in the landscape. The stitching, to me, just makes it too obvious and like I am trying to control the scene too much. Ripple marks in the water on the right, they are going too. The only stitch I really like is the tree. I think it provides a nice focal point and adds to the mood of the scene.</div>
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So I would love to hear your thoughts. Do you go by the less is more, or more is more line of thought. I think I use both approaches but I am getting better at discerning when it is best to use one over the other.</div>
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*Iron Spring water contains 13.30ppm (equals milligrams per liter) of iron. When you initially collect the water, it looks clear, but after settling for a few hours you can see red stuff floating around in it. GROSSSSSSSSSSSS. Which is why I dye with it and don't drink it.</div>
<br />Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-68180637522808348392014-01-29T11:10:00.000-07:002014-01-29T11:15:34.009-07:00DAYS FOR MAKING "SCRAP" BOOKS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love scraps. The smallest piece can make my heart sing. I love to go through my piles, looking at what is left over from other projects. What I have come to learn is that working with the scraps is what makes me happiest. Making a whole out of disparate parts. So the last two snow days allowed me time to do so. Indigos and rust prints made on cast off linens and cottons come together with old paper and cardstock; cuts from watercolor papers used to make contact prints become book covers; small pieces of paper from larger book making adventures become the perfect size for the pages of souvenir books of summertime leaf printing. Small pieces of vintage threads become the ties that bind it all together.<br />
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And after being inside for way too long, I went out and shoveled snow to melt for my next dye experiments with red cabbage.<br />
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I spent the week working with carrot tops saved from our summer garden. We keep our carrots in the ground until we need them or the ground freezes. With the mild autumn we had, we still had some in the ground until the first week of December. Not bad for Colorado! Each time we brought some in from the garden I stored the tops in the freezer. Since doing this I learned that it would be better to store them dry. Will have to try that next year.</div>
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So with the amount of tops I ended up with I was able to test three different mineral springs against tap water. "The spring water of Manitou Springs originates from 2 sources. Deep-seated waters of the Rampart Range and Ute Pass provide one source of mineral water. Water below surface is run through cavernous drainage systems call Karst aquifiers. Limestone in the water dissolves and resulting carbonic acid, or carbon dioxide makes the water effervescent. The waters rises to the surface naturally. This process is an artesian process where as water rises through layers of rock it picks up minerals and soda or sodium bicarbonate. Some of the spring water also comes from surface water from the watershed basins of Fountain Creek and Williams Canyon. Each spring has a different mineral content and because of that, a different taste."* And for my purposes a difference in dye color achieved. (Side note: You may remember hearing about flooding in Colorado this past summer. A lot of it was in the Fountain Creek and Williams Canyon area mentioned above. All of this flooding was due to the Waldo Canyon fire in 2012 which left the hillsides bare and ripe for flash floods. Because the mineral springs are below ground they were not contaminated by the ash that came down in the flood.)<br />
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Top left scraps photo are silk dyed in Wheeler spring water which has the highest amount of copper. Middle two fabrics (silk left, vintage cotton right) were dyed in Seven Minute Spring water which has an even distribution of all minerals. Love the color of the vintage cotton(premordant with alum). Right three scraps are two different types of silk and a vintage cotton dyed in tap water. The middle piece of silk was wrapped around a copper pipe. Not very visible in the photo but there is a difference in color between it and the left silk without the copper pipe.<br />
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Next row is silk and vintage cotton dyed in Iron spring water named because of its high content of iron. Again not very visible in the photo, but a more muted, grayed green.<br />
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So I'm out of carrot tops for now. There are still two more springs I want to test with carrot tops but that will have to wait till next summer's crop.<br />
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This week I'll be in the library researching Dr. William Bell, founder of Manitou Spring. I know that he and his wife had a garden, and I would like to find out what they planted and if any were dye plants.<br />
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*Manitou Springs Mineral FoundationPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-85272514456898508402014-01-12T13:55:00.001-07:002014-01-12T13:59:41.865-07:00RECORD KEEPING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2008 I learned to make a flag book. It was fun to learn to make this structure but I came away from the workshop thinking I would probably never make this type of book again. It sat on a corner shelf in my basement until this past summer when I was trying to come up with a way to keep track of my eco prints on paper. I wanted a way to display my prints by season so that I would be able to see differences in pigments using the same plants but at different times of the year.<br />
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So I used the same flag book structure to make this book with prints made during June, July and August. A variety of leaves were used including Silver Maple, Aspen, Cottonwood, Juniper, Geranium, Gambel Oak, Crabapple, Chokecherry and Serviceberry as well as petals from Coreopsis, Marigold and Iris plants. The cover was made using only iris and marigold petals.<br />
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Last week I finished another flag book recording prints made during September, October and November. Leaves from the same plants were used but were showing their autumn pigments. I also included berries from plants available during those three months (Chokecherry and Woodbine).<br />
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Cover fabric is vintage cotton mordanted with alum and printed with Woodbine berries, Gambel Oak, Norway Maple and Rose leaves and a few Coropsis petals.<br />
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I am very happy with this method of recording my prints and am presently working on my book for December, January and February.<br />
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<br />Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-39762212515981600212014-01-06T09:41:00.000-07:002014-01-06T09:41:20.051-07:00POETRY TO BEGIN WITHWHAT WE NEED IS HERE<br />
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Geese appear high over us,<br />
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A few posts ago I wrote about my experiments with red onion skins and the different mineral spring waters in my town. The photo below shows the red onion skin results on the right. Big change in color except for one of the springs. The top two swatches are rain water and tap water (left to right). Only one spring kept the mauve color. All others saddened the color. The left side shows results from my recent experiment with yellow onion skins.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcn-YDfmfWALwRyE6ckM6Pb6andKFotxkKJIV0pmo1ngd1VUgbtnVBRWxtNOJ9QFi4EgqJPaMOXmp27ce_dNj0SF6ZnBGylq6152kY4XRBAWoD5jUxuvVatf_-sX7ndU_RwMRTTKbDRTg/s1600/5486a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcn-YDfmfWALwRyE6ckM6Pb6andKFotxkKJIV0pmo1ngd1VUgbtnVBRWxtNOJ9QFi4EgqJPaMOXmp27ce_dNj0SF6ZnBGylq6152kY4XRBAWoD5jUxuvVatf_-sX7ndU_RwMRTTKbDRTg/s320/5486a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
I expected the same results--all of the waters saddening the color from the skins. But much to my surprise I got some awesome color range. I used silk fabric just as I did with the red skins. Tap water resulted in a medium apricot color (top left swatch). Other springs gave a range from pale gold to variations of what I am going to call a squash color. The one spring that has a significant amount of iron in it shifted the color to the golden khaki (second swatch on the right).<br />
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So it seems the pigments in the red onion skins reacted more to the minerals in the water than the pigments in the yellow skins. Interesting. I wish I understood more about what is happening. More research needed.<br />
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A big thank you to India Flint <a href="http://www.indiaflint.com/">www.indiaflint.com</a> for starting me off on this journey.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-31109609002355587402013-10-31T14:26:00.000-06:002013-10-31T14:26:25.318-06:00HISTORICAL TREE WALK<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I have continued my research on native trees in the Colorado Springs/Manitou Springs area. I actually found a reference for a walking tour of notable historic trees. I printed out the map and set out on this tour one day last week. So few of the original trees planted by General Palmer (founder of Colorado Springs) have survived so when you come across one of these magnificent trees it is awe inspiring. Not so much because of the size of the tree, but that they have survived this long planted in this climate. I am a native of New Orleans. There are oak trees there dating back 400 years so, relatively speaking, these Colorado trees aren't that old. It's the fact that they have survived amidst harsh conditions that is fascinating to me.<br />
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As I walked along I gathered fallen leaves from the ground underneath these trees. I collected Cottonwood, American Elm, Willow, Green Ash and Maple leaves. They feel special to me because of their history and I am looking forward to seeing what kind of contact prints I get from them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cottonwood Leaves from tree planted in 1872. Leaves are 6-7" in diameter. Norm is 2-3"<br />
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Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-56242367176812002292013-09-19T14:18:00.000-06:002013-09-19T14:18:31.641-06:00MANITOU'S SPRING WATER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Tucked into the base of Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs, Colorado (the city where I live) has been a tourist town since the late 1870's when visitors discovered the sacred waters that native Americans had been drinking for years. The founder of Manitou, Dr. William Bell, envisioned a spa town with fresh mountain air and healing waters. Many of these effervescent springs still function today, and there are those who still swear by their healing powers. Me, I think the water tastes gross. As a 22 year resident of the city, I have yet to acquire a taste for it. </div>
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This summer I finally have gotten around to using it with my natural dyeing experiments. For my first experiment I used red onion skins and water from six of the functioning springs and the solar dyeing technique. I used equal amounts of skins and water and left the jars for an equal amount of time out in the sun. Then I removed the skins and added a small swatch of white silk fabric to the dye and let it sit for 24 hours. See the photograph for my results.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAD3Va80hX_D3YNczsKBnDsh8AT9Ger8OW-QyR7TezHuGWAPWfd5epv17c5YTqLSpI3M9A4bHNLmhgVbBIVqKFj6y7h5E0Q2RUPr8CcSdAJAPROxvolYn7LnYsUbcZiU2fyjwPbJkEiuA/s1600/5391a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAD3Va80hX_D3YNczsKBnDsh8AT9Ger8OW-QyR7TezHuGWAPWfd5epv17c5YTqLSpI3M9A4bHNLmhgVbBIVqKFj6y7h5E0Q2RUPr8CcSdAJAPROxvolYn7LnYsUbcZiU2fyjwPbJkEiuA/s320/5391a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Water from the 7 Minute spring yielded results close to tap water. (Tap is top upper right hand corner, 7 Minute spring is below it. All the other waters yielded a khaki color with slight variations probably not visible in this photo. Two of the swatches have a slight greenish tinge. Water from these two springs contain copper and calcium which I think is the reason for the green. The spring with the most amount of iron (3rd one down on the right) yielded the most neutral khaki. Next one down has a rosy tint to it. <br />
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All of the springs are alkaline and contain varying amounts of calcium, chloride, copper, fluoride, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, potassium, silica, sodium, sulfate and zinc. I know that calcium, copper and iron will affect my dye results but I'm not sure about any of the other minerals. Any information, thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-52230140594546658842013-08-01T12:21:00.000-06:002013-08-01T12:21:06.755-06:00LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I started eco-dyeing in the summer of 2011 purely for the fun of it. Reading India Flint's Book, ECO COLOUR, I learned that silk and wool were the easiest to work with because no mordant was really needed to set the color obtained. I found a white silk shirt in my closet I hadn't worn for at least 10 years so I ripped every seam and used every last scrap of that shirt for dyeing and printing. I WAS HOOKED and spent the rest of the summer and the summer of 2012 experimenting with India's techniques. I used whatever leaf, flower, scrap of fabric I could find. The joy was in the pure fun of being outside, gathering botanicals and bringing them in to cook up a witch's brew of nature.</div>
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This summer I have found myself more interested in using native plants of the area I live in. What I have learned is that way back when the city of Colorado springs was founded it was a treeless and barren area. Considered a high desert. there was not a lot of botanical beauty that would make anyone want to found a city here. But there were other reasons why General Palmer decided to go ahead and found the city of Colorado Springs. I won't go into that here. Suffice is to say he made a good decision. Here is a picture of the young city with newly planted trees to help shade the young city. (picture taken from Wellsprings, A History of the Pikes Peak Region, edited by Jan Mowle.)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhpJ9r9ortvAoEB7l_CAVIEs1gqqCg2ln9RHn3YcxHduDAQuu3yGew-GJJtJLMyi_xOQ3pF7pf3L4pB-bggUmLCGgb8budei2A7XnHq8MU0puwrWoXGUdrdPRfP4X4_FRrfiCSgYZWHI/s1600/5328a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhpJ9r9ortvAoEB7l_CAVIEs1gqqCg2ln9RHn3YcxHduDAQuu3yGew-GJJtJLMyi_xOQ3pF7pf3L4pB-bggUmLCGgb8budei2A7XnHq8MU0puwrWoXGUdrdPRfP4X4_FRrfiCSgYZWHI/s320/5328a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Those trees were imported and reported to be Cottonwoods. Supposedly thousands were planted to make the growing city more habitable. Many of them died and were replaced by Maple, Elm and Ash. I've read that these trees as well as the Cottonwoods were trees that would remind the people of their east coast home. I've also been told that they used whatever was available since, of course, there weren't many tree nurseries at that time.<br />
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Today I live in Manitou Springs. About 5 miles down the road due west from Colorado Springs, it was founded at about the same time. A little higher in elevation at 6200 feet, it is a foothills climate with more evergreen trees and a variety of deciduous trees along the creeks, but still a pretty barren area especially since a fire had come through the area in the 1850's. Here's a picture of early Manitou, compliment of Historic Manitou Inc. published in the Wellspring book noted above.<br />
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Manitou also planted many trees to shade the main street but because of floods, widening of streets, widening of sidewalks, and just plain development, there are few trees that are historical to the area along the main street. There are old willows and cottonwoods along the creeks in town which is quite wonderful to have at least a few trees of historical significance.<br />
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There is so much more to research, but for now I am having fun eco-printing with cottonwood leaves which mean so much more to me now that I know their history in the area. Here's a journal I made presently listed in my etsy shop <a href="http://pdlugos.etsy.com/">http://pdlugos.etsy.com</a><br />
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This is what it looks like today. Although it is not unusual for us to have snow in May, it is unusual for it to be this cold and the trees to still be so bare. I guess we won't have a Spring this year and will go directly into Summer. I'm taking the month of May off from blogging to concentrate on changing some things with my Etsy shop. See ya when it warms up.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-70815006139729858652013-04-23T16:26:00.000-06:002013-04-23T16:26:15.774-06:00ANOTHER SNOWY DAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a winter of no snow we seem to be getting a storm to come through on a weekly basis. Today's storm gave me time to work on an old quilt. I started this quilt about 5 years ago but got bored with it . Recently I've had the urge to quilt again so I pulled this out. It's made from scraps and as many different fabrics as I had on hand that would go with the feel I wanted the quilt to have. All of the fabrics are from the early 1990's when I was quilting a lot. I finished the top a few days ago and today I basted it together so it is ready to hand quilt. Hopefully it won't take me 5 years to quilt.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-6798497678903721562013-04-10T16:50:00.000-06:002013-04-10T16:50:45.193-06:00THE BLIZZARD THAT WASN'T<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Yesterday we were supposed to have a blizzard. Well, we had wind, we had January like temperatures but no snow. Schools and many businesses closed in anticipation of the big event so I cancelled all my errands and stayed home. Put on a pot of potato leek soup, stitched on a quilt that I started years ago and never finished and made this. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MAMIGWGZ6RUI1zJjaK5YN4cmokyTgfmPlEWMGYBh6w2irD8MdQpTcP8c2RAxxHRcahmr-VSlGdAXYghhQdKgKgsmt4aTqEkXBhsa1U6Jy0rF47LwANtBjndU2fBo5WWB1y3IYpmm08w/s1600/033a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bua="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MAMIGWGZ6RUI1zJjaK5YN4cmokyTgfmPlEWMGYBh6w2irD8MdQpTcP8c2RAxxHRcahmr-VSlGdAXYghhQdKgKgsmt4aTqEkXBhsa1U6Jy0rF47LwANtBjndU2fBo5WWB1y3IYpmm08w/s320/033a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
I think I'll put it in my etsy shop as over the next few months I will be transitioning my shop to include more items made with vintage linens. This little pin cushion is made with a vintage jello mold, old feedsack cloth and some vintage trim and thread.<br />
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Hopefully, this is the last of winterlike weather for us.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-18359962364676786622013-04-02T15:12:00.000-06:002013-04-02T15:12:19.203-06:00MAKING SPRING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Spring doesn't seem to want to come to Colorado so I decided to make my own. These sure were fun to make on a cloudy cold day.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnERe4jFYhDEiQAt8ABdFLnS9jiV-qJ4Je2VuVMiXMBINRfRmHW8IY681q7vkxjOVAIpibAVzWyA_dahHoo3wKexeaJf025yfPQDe98kQbyWMcDaaImKnMRaJ1RYwOWKYangBJemyGyE/s1600/021a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" mta="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnERe4jFYhDEiQAt8ABdFLnS9jiV-qJ4Je2VuVMiXMBINRfRmHW8IY681q7vkxjOVAIpibAVzWyA_dahHoo3wKexeaJf025yfPQDe98kQbyWMcDaaImKnMRaJ1RYwOWKYangBJemyGyE/s320/021a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-86033294711248594392013-03-26T15:53:00.000-06:002013-03-26T15:53:07.590-06:00HAPPY EASTER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I made several of these many years ago when my children were young. Brings back lots of wonderful Easter memories.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrwWm4KOwElONcH9MW8XI0on2lr540Sq1nlfLRUO3fWGo7PC76PEFJJ7_CzJ3Toa-IRN_7TyCOX_dZUieqyOAl1eam7fXRUAHch-c60b9ElyjlJuokrTVQrgY-GPwUvCtQxzy5riLhGQ/s1600/012a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrwWm4KOwElONcH9MW8XI0on2lr540Sq1nlfLRUO3fWGo7PC76PEFJJ7_CzJ3Toa-IRN_7TyCOX_dZUieqyOAl1eam7fXRUAHch-c60b9ElyjlJuokrTVQrgY-GPwUvCtQxzy5riLhGQ/s320/012a.jpg" usa="true" width="320" /></a></div>
Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-49321875293668089072013-03-21T13:25:00.000-06:002013-03-21T13:25:44.608-06:00SENSELESS BEAUTY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
SENSELESS BEAUTY is the title of an article I read recently in Notre Dame's alumni magazine. The article became the inspiration for my cigar box project which I have finally finished. For years I have collected interesting bits and pieces of nature that I find on my daily walks. They have sat on windowsills, in baskets or tucked away in boxes for years. Many of them have found a home in this project. So happy to use these senseless bits of beauty for a good cause, YOUTH VISION, an arts program for at risk youthl.</div>
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"What do you make of a universe saturated with an extravagance of beauty? ...I will let the philosophers define what beauty is. But I think I understand some of what beauty does. It calls us out of ourselves. It feeds our senses. It provides standards for art and science, for language and literature. It inspires affection and gratitude. How then should we live in a world overflowing with such beauty? Rejoice in it, care for it, and strive to add our own mite of beauty, with whatever power and talent we possess."--Scott Russell SandersPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-76085575779802307982013-03-09T13:18:00.000-07:002013-03-09T13:18:20.875-07:00PROGRESS OR LACK OF PROGRESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thought I would be farther along on this cigar box project by now, but 2 migraine headaches this week, end of the winter blues and a general lack of interest in stepping any further into this project has kept me from doing much of anything this week. Need some sunshine and warm weather to get me going.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-54975119120471261922013-03-01T16:10:00.000-07:002013-03-01T16:10:10.749-07:00Art For A Cause<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This weekend I am working on altering a cigar box for an organization called Young Vision, which provides art opportunities for at risk youth. All cigar boxes will be auctioned off to raise money for the kids. Looking forward to messing with paint and papers this weekend.
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This is the third piece in a series I have been working on for the last couple of years. I don't want to say too much about it other than each piece deals with growing up in the South during the sixties--the way things were, the way things weren't and the way things might have been. Here are links to the two other pieces: <a href="http://playingwithtexture.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-between-eco-dyeing.html#links">http://playingwithtexture.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-between-eco-dyeing.html#links</a> and <a href="http://playingwithtexture.blogspot.com/2012/03/finale-i-began-my-interior-life-on.html#links">http://playingwithtexture.blogspot.com/2012/03/finale-i-began-my-interior-life-on.html#links</a><br />
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Happy Weekend!Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-44556245400978528182013-02-14T11:34:00.000-07:002013-02-14T11:34:08.998-07:00Random Hearts<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Yesterday I was going through all my ecoprinted fabrics and was struck by the variety of textural prints a leaf can leave on fabric. There are these flat, but definite prints that look like they were made with a rubber stamp.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Pd_-u879WNCRuPkOlQ0XdYQ96SgeV3RoiTcaPUZw6PVXNrNDWWeiM14G_3nKstgL1l1LbIDt_oLsSwSMxmn4iIVJ82sWesYOermFSPpSri9ptYGSj8qJdxyFs3HWO8KsGe3MOXMfVAw/s1600/089a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" jea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Pd_-u879WNCRuPkOlQ0XdYQ96SgeV3RoiTcaPUZw6PVXNrNDWWeiM14G_3nKstgL1l1LbIDt_oLsSwSMxmn4iIVJ82sWesYOermFSPpSri9ptYGSj8qJdxyFs3HWO8KsGe3MOXMfVAw/s320/089a.jpg" width="319" /></a></div>
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Or there are more colorful prints that have a look of being layered with color.<br />
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Then there are ghost prints, leaving barely an image.<br />
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Ghost prints with veins. Probably more of a resist print here but the vein printed. Amazing!<br />
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Two color pigments in one leaf that each printed instead of combining together and producing a muddy print.<br />
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Prints that look like they were made with pigment on a pin-head. Reminds me of stitching.<br />
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Prints made from the mingling of dye pigments and the folds of fabric.<br />
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Watercolor like images<br />
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and those defined by iron in the dye bath.<br />
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Awesome veining.<br />
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Resist prints with a iron outlline.<br />
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Mirror images with texture provided by the fold in the fabric and string binding.<br />
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The magic of iron<br />
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A three dimensional print<br />
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and the difference between a print using the top of the leaf and the under side.<br />
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This is what I love about ecoprinting. You never know what you are going to get. You can't MAKE something happen and no two prints will ever be the same.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059306509114772324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341850458996394093.post-41086911511100409442013-01-31T16:17:00.001-07:002013-01-31T16:17:30.882-07:00Red Cabbage and Sage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Been scrounging around for printing materials. Not much outside, but inside the refrigerator veggie drawer, I found some<br />
beyond the edible stage sage leaves and a little red cabbage. With alum mordanted watercolor paper, linen and cotton I sandwiched it all together and steamed it between a couple of ceramic tiles. The fabric barely printed, but the paper gave me this lovely watercolory print. Love the blue and yellow green.<br />
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